No one in the world loves us more than our parents do. They try their best to stay in touch with our “culture” and keep up with the technology to understand us better, but this isn’t always an easy task.

Today SmallJoys offers you a selection of some of the funniest and awkward text messages ever sent by parents to their kids. We hope you’ll enjoy these as much as we did!

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Bonus. Notes left from parents that are straight up hilarious!

This parent isn’t playing around.

Returning home and seeing this note, only to walk into the living room and find the cat lying there with cash. Brilliant.

Holding the WIFI password to ransom.

Apparently this proved effective.

Dad leaves misspelt notes that are crying out for responses like this.

Awkward advice.

Dad facts are always real. Fact.

You’ve been warned.

Mum went away for the weekend, left laundry instructions.

 Someone’s in trouble.

 Her daughter said she was too old for notes in her lunch.

 Just trying to point out what needs to be done.

 Your help is appreciated but…

 After dad tried to borrow some toothpaste.

 Replacing snacks with mums love.

 A heartwarming note left from mum.

 Sometimes honesty is the best policy.

 Learn to take a hint, love from Diesel.

 Taking passive aggressive to another level.

 No need to panic!

 A note left for a little kid in his lunchbox… that got deep real quick.

 A perfect response to mums fridge note.